The Letters of St. Jerome.

 Letter II. To Theodosius and the Rest of the Anchorites.

  Letter III. To Rufinus the Monk. 

 Letter IV. To Florentius.

 Letter V. To Florentius.

 Letter VI. To Julian, a Deacon of Antioch.

  Letter VII. To Chromatius, Jovinus, and Eusebius. 

 Letter VIII. To Niceas, Sub-Deacon of Aquileia.

 Letter IX. To Chrysogonus, a Monk of Aquileia.

 Letter X. To Paul, an Old Man of Concordia.

 Letter XI. To the Virgins of Æmona.

 Letter XII. To Antony, Monk.

 Letter XIII. To Castorina, His Maternal Aunt.

 Letter XIV. To Heliodorus, Monk.

 Letter XV. To Pope Damasus.

 Letter XVI. To Pope Damasus.

 Letter XVII. To the Presbyter Marcus.

 Letter XVIII. To Pope Damasus.

 Letter XIX. From Pope Damasus.

 Letter XX. To Pope Damasus.

 Letter XXI. To Damasus

 Letter XXII. To Eustochium.

 Letter XXIII. To Marcella.

 Letter XXIV. To Marcella.

 Letter XXV. To Marcella.

 Letter XXVI. To Marcella.

 Letter XXVII. To Marcella.

 Letter XXVIII. To Marcella.

 Letter XXIX. To Marcella.

 Letter XXX. To Paula.

 Letter XXXI. To Eustochium.

 Letter XXXII. To Marcella.

 Letter XXXIII. To Paula.

 Letter XXXIV. To Marcella.

 Letter XXXV. From Pope Damasus.

 Letter XXXVI. To Pope Damasus.

 Letter XXXVII. To Marcella.

 Letter XXXVIII. To Marcella.

 Letter XXXIX. To Paula.

 Letter XL. To Marcella.

 Letter XLI. To Marcella.

 Letter XLII. To Marcella.

 Letter XLIII. To Marcella.

 Letter XLIV. To Marcella.

 Letter XLV. To Asella.

 Letter XLVI. Paula and Eustochium to Marcella.

 Letter XLVII. To Desiderius.

 Letter XLVIII. To Pammachius.

 Letter XLIX. To Pammachius.

 Letter L. To Domnio.

 Letter LI. From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem.

 Letter LII. To Nepotian.

 Letter LIII. To Paulinus.

 Letter LIV. To Furia.

 Letter LV. To Amandus.

 Letter LVI. From Augustine.

 Letter LVII. To Pammachius on the Best Method of Translating.

 Letter LVIII. To Paulinus.

 Letter LIX. To Marcella.

 Letter LX. To Heliodorus.

 Letter LXI. To Vigilantius.

 Letter LXII. To Tranquillinus.

 Letter LXIII. To Theophilus.

 Letter LXIV. To Fabiola.

 Letter LXV. To Principia.

 Letter LXVI. To Pammachius.

 Letter LXVII. From Augustine.

 Letter LXVIII. To Castrutius.

 Letter LXIX. To Oceanus.

 Letter LXX. To Magnus an Orator of Rome.

 Letter LXXI. To Lucinius.

 Letter LXXII. To Vitalis.

 Letter LXXIII. To Evangelus.

 Letter LXXIV. To Rufinus of Rome.

 Letter LXXV. To Theodora.

 Letter LXXVI. To Abigaus.

 Letter LXXVII. To Oceanus.

 Letter LXXVIII. To Fabiola.

 Letter LXXIX. To Salvina.

 Letter LXXX. From Rufinus to Macarius.

 Letter LXXXI. To Rufinus.

 Letter LXXXII. To Theophilus Bishop of Alexandria.

 Letter LXXXIII. From Pammachius and Oceanus.

 Letter LXXXIV. To Pammachius and Oceanus.

 Letter LXXXV. To Paulinus.

 Letter LXXXVI. To Theophilus.

 Letter LXXXVII. From Theophilus to Jerome.

 Letter LXXXVIII. To Theophilus.

 Letter LXXXIX. From Theophilus to Jerome.

 Letter XC. From Theophilus to Epiphanius.

 Letter XCI. From Epiphanius to Jerome.

 Letter XCII. The Synodical Letter of Theophilus to the Bishops of Palestine and of Cyprus.

 Letter XCIII. From the Bishops of Palestine to Theophilus.

 Letter XCIV. From Dionysius to Theophilus.

 Letter XCV. From Pope Anastasius to Simplicianus.

 Letter XCVI. From Theophilus.

 Letter XCVII. To Pammachius and Marcella.

 Letter XCVIII. From Theophilus.

 Letter XCIX. To Theophilus.

 Letter C. From Theophilus.

 Letter CI. From Augustine.

 Letter CII. To Augustine.

 Letter CIII. To Augustine.

 Letter CIV. From Augustine.

 Letter CV. To Augustine.

 Letter CVI. To Sunnias and Fretela.

 Letter CVII. To Laeta.

 Letter CVIII. To Eustochium.

 Letter CIX. To Riparius.

 Letter CX. From Augustine.

 Letter CXI. From Augustine to Præsidius.

 Letter CXII. To Augustine.

 Letter CXIII. From Theophilus to Jerome.

 Letter CXIV. To Theophilus.

 Letter CXV. To Augustine.

 Letter CXVI. From Augustine.

 Letter CXVII. To a Mother and Daughter Living in Gaul.

 Letter CXVIII. To Julian.

 Letter CXIX. To Minervius and Alexander.

  Letter CXX. To Hedibia. 

 Letter CXXI. To Algasia.

 Letter CXXII. To Rusticus.

 Letter CXXIII. To Ageruchia.

 Letter CXXIV. To Avitus.

 Letter CXXV. To Rusticus.

 Letter CXXVI. To Marcellinus and Anapsychia.

 Letter CXXVII. To Principia.

 Letter CXXVIII. To Gaudentius.

 Letter CXXIX. To Dardanus.

 Letter CXXX. To Demetrias.

 Letter CXXXI. From Augustine.

 Letter CXXXII. From Augustine.

 Letter CXXXIII. To Ctesiphon.

 Letter CXXXIV. To Augustine.

 Letter CXXXV. From Pope Innocent to Aurelius.

 Letter CXXXVI. From Pope Innocent to Jerome.

 Letter CXXXVII. From Pope Innocent to John, Bishop of Jerusalem.

 Letter CXXXVIII. To Riparius.

 Letter CXXXIX. To Apronius.

 Letter CXL. To Cyprian the Presbyter.

 Letter CXLI. To Augustine

 Letter CXLII. To Augustine.

 Letter CXLIII. To Alypius and Augustine.

 Letter CXLIV. From Augustine to Optatus.

 Letter CXLV. To Exuperantius.

 Letter CXLVI. To Evangelus.

 Letter CXLVII. To Sabinianus.

 Letter CXLVIII. To the Matron Celantia.

Letter LXII. To Tranquillinus.

Tranquillinus, one of Jerome’s Roman friends, had written (1) to tell him of the stand that Oceanus was making against the Origenists at Rome, and (2) to ask whether any parts of Origen’s works might be studied with safety and profit. Jerome welcomes the tidings about Oceanus and answers the question of Tranquillinus in the affirmative. He classes Origen with Tertullian, Apollinaris and others whose works continued to be read in spite of their heresies. Written in 396 or 397 a.d.

1. Though I formerly doubted the fact, I have now proved that the links which bind spirit to spirit are stronger than any physical bond. For you, my reverend friend, cling to me with all your soul, and I am united to you by the love of Christ. I speak simply and sincerely to your spotless heart: the very paper on which you write, the very letters which you have formed—voiceless though they are—inspire in me a sense of your affection.

2. You tell me that many have been deceived by the mistaken teaching of Origen, and that that saintly man, my son Oceanus, is doing battle with their madness. I grieve to think that simple folk have been thrown off their balance, but I am rejoiced to know that one so learned as Oceanus is doing his best to set them right again. Moreover you ask me, insignificant though I am, for an opinion as to the advisability of reading Origen’s works. Are we, you say, to reject him altogether with our brother Faustinus, or are we, as others tell us, to read him in part? My opinion is that we should sometimes read him for his learning just as we read Tertullian, Novatus, Arnobius, Apollinarius and some other church writers both Greek and Latin, and that we should select what is good and avoid what is bad in their writings according to the words of the Apostle, “Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.”  1  1 Th. v. 21. Those, however, who are led by some perversity in their dispositions to conceive for him too much fondness or too much aversion seem to me to lie under the curse of the Prophet:—“Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”  2  Is. v. 20. For while the ability of his teaching must not lead us to embrace his wrong opinions, the wrongness of his opinions should not cause us altogether to reject the useful commentaries which he has published on the holy scriptures. But if his admirers and his detractors are bent on having a tug of war one against the other, and if, seeking no mean and observing no moderation, they must either approve or disapprove his works indiscriminately, I would choose rather to be a pious boor than a learned blasphemer. Our reverend brother, Tatian the deacon, heartily salutes you.

1 1 Th. v. 21.
2 Is. v. 20.